Playing Catch up: Yuletide linkage

My gift to you: A dozen green home links for your enjoyment over the long holiday weekend.

Baked your last pecan pie? Wrapped your last gift? Belted our your last carol? Put the final touch on your rental Christmas tree? Grab a generous glass o' nog (spiked at your own discretion), sneak away, and take a gander at these green home news items collected especially for your holiday weekend perusal. And be sure to check out MNN's extensive Christmas coverage — including stories on the plight of reindeer, eco-gingerbread houses, and an ire-sparking post on scaling back on extravagant holiday yard displays — while you're at it. I'll be back on Monday — well-rested and probably 10 pounds heavier — with a fresh batch of green home goodness. Merry Merry.

Inhabitat stands back to ogle a Christmas tree-shaped sculpture in Shanghai made from 1,000 Heineken beer bottles. As nifty as the tree looks (that's it pictured above), there's one eco-caveat: the bottles aren't empties.

Jetson Green congratulates homeowners/architects Doug Glasglow and Yun Lee. Their Decatur, Ga., abode is the first renovated home in the Southeast to receive LEED Platinum recognition.

Apartment Therapy unleashes The Homies, an annual awards extravaganza that celebrates the best and brightest shelter blogs. And whaddya know, this here blog has been nominated in the Green Home category. Stop on by and add MNN as a favorite!

The Los Angeles Timestours the White House and admires the eco-friendly holiday flourishes around the First Residence. Take a peek for yourself in the video below.